Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote:
Bogdan Motoc - CRC ha scritto:
This most probably is not a vpopmail problem, but a chkuser one.
The support page of chkuser
(http://www.interazioni.it/opensource/chkuser/support/mailing_lists.html)
points to this mailing list, so that's why I'm posting this here.
chkuser is simply using basic qmail checks, giving a better log. It is
giving back what qmail would give back.
Check carefully qmail configuration and files availability.
nothing changed between the two events (rejecting a legitimate message
and allowing a similar one)
all files are world-readable, except the .lock files
The mail server in question runs:
netqmail 1.05
vpopmail 5.4.17
chkuser 2.0.8b
simscan 1.1
install chkuser 2.09, has more checks, new features and solves minor
bugs (not related to your question).
hard to do on a production server. I've set this one up more than two
years ago, and I remember there was a rigid order in which patches were
supposed to be applied to qmail, and some of them had to be manually
added (thinking of simscan, smtp-auth, chkuser)
In the meantime, I've googled a bit and found an alternative. I'll post
a "what's your experience with ... ?" message later about it.
Messages sent to existing and not overquota users on this server
randomly (as far as I can tell) are rejected with this message:
Remote host said: 553 sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed
rcpthosts (#5.5.3 - chkuser)
I've checked and double checked that the user exists and there was no
typo when entering the destination email address.
Sending again after a while to the same user ends up with the message
into his mailbox without any issues.
The server's /var/log/qmail/smtpd/current log file shows this about
the rejected message:
2009-07-24 12:28:19.035629500 CHKUSER rejected relaying: from
<sender's_email_address::> remote
<remote_mail_server:unknown:remote_ip> rcpt
<valid_u...@mail.domain.tld> : client not allowed to relay
The mailboxes on this machine are all respecting this pattern:
u...@domain.tld
You say general pattern is u...@domain.tld, while log says
u...@mail.domain.tld.
Are you sure 100% domain names do not include blank, DEL, strange not
visible chars? It could happen when spaces or strange invisible
characters are inside mail addresses.
Yes, the recipient mail address I've typed correctly (I double-checked
it, having faced stupid users before who think that spaces in email
adresses can't hurt that much, can they?)
Basically, i replied to a user on that server and got the bounce back
imidiately. Cursed at the binary gods for allowing functions to return
different results when fed the same input, had to leave the office, and
when i got back replied again to the same message, checked and it
arrived in the users's mailbox. The log shows this:
2009-07-24 18:09:48.389030500 CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from
<my_email_address::> remote <my_email_server:unknown:my_ip> rcpt
<u...@domain.tld> : found existing recipient
What i don't understand is why vpopmail is sometimes being asked to
authenticate /u...@domain.tld/ and sometimes /u...@mail.domain.tld/ ?
Of course, possible solutions to my problem are:
1. getting rid of "mail." part completely
2. making mail.domain.tld an alias of domain.tld, so both would work
Thanks a lot for any ideeas you might have.
Regards,
Tonino
The /var/qmail/control/me file lists this: mail.domain.tld, which is
also the MX for domain.tld
/var/qmail/control/rcpthosts lists both domain.tld and mail.domain.tld
/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains shows domain.tld
/var/qmail/control/locals shows only mail.domain.tld
/var/qmail/control/defaultdomain only shows domain.tld
What could be wrong, but most of all, why is the error occurring only
rarely (but often enough to be annoying)?
Thanks in advance for any answers you might be able to provide.
Bogdan Motoc
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